Storm Boy is an adventure developed by Blowfish Studios, released 20 November 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.
What Storm Boy is
Storm Boy is an adventure game developed by Blowfish Studios and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Storm Boy lives with his father on the long strip of sand between the Coorong and the sea, near the mouth of the Murray River, in South Australia. He rescues a baby pelican whose parents have been killed by reckless beachgoers, nurses him back to health, and names him Mr Percival. As the pelican grows, Storm Boy and Mr Percival enjoy playing together through blue skies and storms, forging a friendship that will last forever."
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Storm Boy holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 19 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Storm Boy launched on 20 November 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Battlefield V, Hitman 2 and Spyro Reignited Trilogy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Battlefield V, Hitman 2, Spyro Reignited Trilogy.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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